RAYCONTROL

SCALABLE OPTICAL TRANSPORT

TM

Product Overview

Routing

Path computation

Signaling

The RAYcontrol GMPLS-based control plane greatly simplies the management of multi-layer Optical+Ethernet
transport networks and offers unparalleled exibility in service delivery, protection and restoration. RAYcontrol
manages several aspects of system conguration. Through end-to-end provisioning, it automates many of the
steps needed to congure service delivery. This automation translates to zero congurations on all but one network
element, no matter the size or complexity of the network. The intelligent control plane fully manages the allocation
of all system and network resources and automatically enables the most efcient use of those resources required to
support each service.

Automated Provisioning
The complex process of path determination and circuit provisioning is fully automated. Service delivery is fast and
cost-effective, reducing not only provisioning time, but also the manpower and skill required to provision network
services. RAYcontrol also automates the conguration of both
complex ROADM fabrics and electrical switching devices, and
enables layer-specic control applications such as end-to-end
Features & Benefits
optical power equalization and automated Ethernet virtual
circuit management.
Path computation incorporating optical
layer parameters for optimized network
Multi-Layer Capability
performance
RAYcontrol supports a wide range of optical platform technologies,
including xed OADM, ROADM, in-line regeneration and
amplication. It is designed to control different service payload
conguration options, from OTN to SONET/SDH to Ethernet
to transparent optical services. Protection and restoration is
provided on a per-service basis, thus enabling service providers
to customize service quality according to customer-specic
SLAs and cost models. The distributed network intelligence of
RAYcontrol breaks the barrier to mesh networking and provides
protection mechanisms for any combination of ring and pointto-point topologies.

Standards-Compliant Implementation
RAYcontrol implements a rich set of control plane protocol
interoperability standards, including support for IETF-derived
GMPLS technologies and emerging OIF implementation
agreements. Such standards include support for core signaling
and routing protocols enhanced for GMPLS Trafc Engineering,
support for remote Path Computation Engine components, service
migration interworking with legacy management systems, as
well as graceful restart and network resynchronization.

Dynamic, on-demand provisioning minimizes

time-to-revenue and lowers opportunity
costs
Operational automation decreases costs by
mechanizing manual and repetitive tasks
associated with service management
Automated network inventory and reuse
avoids stranded resources and continuously
optimizes network use
Efcient resource management maximizes
the number of services that can be
established within a given network
infrastructure

Technical Information
Transport Technology

Routing & Signaling Protocols

FSP 3000

Topology
Point-to-point, ring, mesh and hybrid

Protection & Restoration

Dedicated 1+1 path protection
Optical mesh restoration
Hybrid protection with restoration

Path Computation

Constrained Shortest Path First Recursive Lambda Routing (RWA)

Resource and Topological Constraints Management
Remote Path Computation (IETF PCE-P)
Compound/Distributed Computation

External Interfaces
Command Line Interface (CLI)
Web GUI
SNMP

SNMP Standards
ADVA Optical Networking Enterprise MIB

RFC 2205 (RSVP)

RFC 2328 (OSPFv2)
RFC 2370 (OSPF Opaque LSA)
RFC 3209 (RSVP-TE)
RFC 3471 (GMPLS Signaling)
RFC 3473 (GMPLS-RSVP)
RFC 3477 (Unnumbered RSVP)
RFC 3630 (OSPF-TE)
RFC 4003 (RSVP Egress Control)
RFC 4139 (ASON Signaling)
RFC 4202 (GMPLS Routing)
RFC 4203 (GMPLS-OSPF)
RFC 4397 (ASON Lexicography)
RFC 4655 (PCE Architecture)
RFC 4657 (PCE Requirements)
RFC 4783 (GMPLS Alarms)
RFC 4872 (End-to-end Recovery)
RFC 4990 (GMPLS Addressing)
RFC 4990 (GMPLS Addressing)
RFC 5063 (RSVP Graceful Restart)
RFC 5250 (OSPF Opaque LSA bis)
RFC 5440 (PCE-P)
RFC 5493 (MP-CP Requirements)
RFC 5852 (MP-CP RSVP Extensions)
OIF UNI 2.0

For more information please contact an ADVA Optical Networking

consultant or visit us at www.advaoptical.com
Data Sheet, version 12/2010